Overbrook High School - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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A if f 1111- e e 1' s i F.-iafrspf 1L..ffl,-W' M6 Principal 's ,Message T gives me real pleasure to write a message to the graduating class of June 1930, because it is the first class of the Overbrook High School to graduate under my supervision. It is also the first class of the Overbrook High School to have all of the members receive their entire senior high school training in this school. For this reason, I am informed, the class feels that it is a pioneer class. To the class, the word pioneer probably means little more than first in a particular field. To the early settlers the word meant much more than first. It also meant that those who were designated as pioneers must build homes for their families, clear off wood lands to provide space for farming, meet the attacks of enemies, and overcome many other obstacles in order to maintain life. During the month of April the one hundredth anniversary of the start of the covered wagon train from St. Louis to Oregon was celebrated. These pioneers had to travel over hundreds of miles of an almost uncharted trail, ford swollen streams, withstand the attacks of Indians, and climb lofty mountains in addition to withstanding the ordinary hardships of such a journey. They were indeed Pioneers. Last summer as I stood inthe streets of Denver and gazed upon the mountain ranges extending to the North and to the South as far as the eye could reach, I wondered at the feeling that must have been aroused in the breasts of those hardy '49ers who had crossed the plains and were then confronted by the mountains. Perhaps some turned back, but great numbers continued until they had attained their objective, California. May the class of 1930 adopt the broader meaning of the word pioneer and be not content to be members of this first class, but resolve to overcome the obstacles you are sure to meet as you strive to take your places in the world. H. Ross SMITH. Z - X rf -A ne e- - A

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,--,---L L i-- ,-A-f +4-' LA,A A,-Y. - - - A F A -A-A A H QL IJ' lk I Faculty SMITH, H. ROSS, Principal FINK, NELLIE S., Assistant to Principal ARTS AND MECHANICS ARTS Clime, Wm. M., Dept. Head Alker, John B. Baker, J. Norwood Belfield, Percy C. Camero, Blanche Currinder, John W. Earle, Ralph P. Eisenhardt, George H. Faunce, Henry R. Filippone, Nicholas S. Heinemann, Adelbert L. Schmucker, Katherine M Smyth, S. Gordon Thomas, George R. Turner, Julian E. Ullrich, J. R. Wunderlich, H. H. Street, James L., Dept. Head Anderson, Eliz. J. Baker, Eliz. Brennan, Eliz. M. Carter, Anne G. Devins, Philip Elsea, Edward B. Fitzgerald, Grace W. Ginsberg, Louis Hoffman, Alfred M. Hunter, Margaret Kreizman, Samuel Lazars, Mollie S. Lilly, William M. Lindsay, Mary Lischon, Rose McHenry, Sara M. Schoch, Wendell D. Shoe, M. Helen Smith, Bessie V. Thomasson, Eunice Walbridge, John C. . Reinhardt, Esther M., Dept. Head Ames, Margaret E. Andersen, Mary J. Califano, Helen' Coleman, Henry F. Collier, Laura R. Cottler, Joseph Evans, Florence Fleming, Ethel J. Godfrey, Myra O. Grove, Clara E. Hamilton, William R. Hynson, Matthew M. Katz, E. G. James, Margaret B. Koch, Louise Mackenzie, Mary J. Mathews, Mary E. Neumann, Irene F. O'Laughlin, Rene I. Patchel, Margaret M. Resnick, Nathaniel H. Seidman, Julius Spinelli, Beatrice Thomas, Lillian A. fm U U 1' as